Car-roof.



W. H. SLATYEN.

CAR ROGF.

APPLIILIIIIUN FILED APH. 3, Isls.

ted Oct.

Puten Mz. f4/17 H. 5L A Tnt/v, Zz/ f flexibility required in actual usc,

1 is a fragmentary perspective Specification of Letter#` Settim .latcntel'l Oct. 31., 1916.

` Applicant am apni a. uns, smi-.ii ne. 88,438.

10 roofs, which forni the subject inattenoi' iwi# ters Patent No. 1,149,093, issued August 2f, 1915, to Slatten'and Nolan 'for car roof' zionstruction.

The present improvement has for 15 ject to provide a simple and etlicieut struc tural formation and association of parta whereby the interlocking and clamping connections of certain roof elements are attained in a manner to permit of the usual limited and with an absence of openings from the exterior to 'the interior, all as Will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawings:-li`igare vic-w of a roof construction embodying the present in prot/ement, parts of the structure being broken away and shown in' section to more clearly show details of construction. Fig.

30 is an enlarged detail longitudinal sectiorr on line a3-w, Fig. 1. Fi, 3, is a similar view on line ail-mf, Fig. 1.

Similar reference numerals indica'e lila: parts in the several views.

As represented in the drawings, the cai: root` frame comprises the usual side plates or pieces 1 with their fascia boards l. ridge pole or piecef, purlins 6, carlincs "i, and Wood sheathing boards 8, of the conventiomil construction and arrangement.`

9 designates a plurality of transversely disposed roofing sheets of metal formed n ith marginal rebent fianges 10, constituting elements of the ystanding scams of' the nictal roof covering of` the car, and'cach oi'i said seams will comprise in addition to said flanges 10, a transversely arranged channel plate 11, the upturned flanges or sidi,` wclis of which have interlocking engagement with the roofing sheetfianges 10, and a cap piece or 'member 12 seated upon said parte and covering and inclosing the same as shown.

13 designates the running board, signiert-- ed centrally above the roof by the usual sad- M dle blocks 14, and yin the construction shown said saddle blocks 14 have bearing inthe valleys ol' tinA clrlunel plates 11. of the roof.

covering .1nd :iriin turn connected to the f running;v hoard 113 hv intermediate saddle plato 153 secured to the undersurface of the running nonni and having depending transverse ilangi-, or webs forming receiving channels For tin; upper portions of the sadclio lilcelifi l-las shown.

the onetrnciion so 'far described, is the saine awthat shown and described in the aforesaid Sletten and Nolan Patent No. Liiii'lt and in connection with substantially ihc mine structure, the present inrenri'in imo/lyre a detail formation and association of parte. whereby the saddle blocks lil and Millie plates i5, as Well as the channel plates it, are secured in place in a substantial manner which admits of limited flexibility., and with an absence of openings through the roof structurevsuch detail structure connirising as follows:

1f) designates a confining piece formed of plate metal and consisting of a central main portion 17, a pair ot upstanding V shape portions 1H and end extensions 19 'which are alineii with the main portion 17 and are provided with orifices for the passage of attaching lroits or `crews Q0 as shown. In one part nl: this invention the confining pintas iii fit snugly over an outer portion of. a channel plaie 1i nith the fastening screws aforesaid. naw-ing through the orifices in tinv` cnil cltcnsions 19 and screwing vertimily into a side piece or plate 1 of the roof frame to secure said channel plate -11 in place in a substantial and convenient manner.

In :n er part of the present invention the central main portion 17 of the confining picco it is foi-mcd with an upvvardly deflected portion li providing a receiving recess adapted to contain the head or nut of a. vertically@disposi-d holt 22, the shank portion ot which. passes through an orifice formed therefor in nid upwardly deflected portion il. 'lhc heli :21? extends vertically through the saddle hlccl; 14 and through the saddle plate 15 with its nut or head having bearing upon said saddle plate as shown. The described arrangement is adapted to provide a conveniently applied. connection, flexible in a hoi'izmital plane, between the running board 1B and the roof frame and parts of a car. similar to that described in the aforesaid Sletten and Nolan Patent No. 1,149,093. In the preferred construction shown the confining piece 16 will have a skewed, form 1011- gitudinelly adapting it to fit snugly to the sloping roof members with which it is associated.

Having thus fully described my smid invention, what I claim :is new und desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In n cnr roof, the combination of u, plurality of roofing sheets having marginal re bent finnges, channel plates intermediate Suid Sheets und having upstzmding webs adapted for engagement with Suhl flanges, u cup Inernher sented on said parts, and a confining,lr plate lnetul piene littine,r n` channel phlte aforesaid and formed with a, Central malin portion, with e pair of' V shape portions :unl with emi extenszioiis formed with orifiees for the passage of fus-Lening lnenns, substantially sei, fol-th.

2. In :i car roof, the combination of' a 'plurality of roofing sheets having nmrginnl re- 1,2o3,14a: v

beni, flanges, channel plates interl'neiiiwte said sheets und having npstanding webs adapted l'or engaigirrnnt with. suini flanges, n running' hoard, n saddle hlm-l; :mii saddle piece msnm-intim] with Suid ruiming hoard, a confining' plate nieta! piece fillings; :i clninnei. plauulioiwnid and vformed with :i rentre! 11min portion, with :l jmir of if whew; por4 tions :unl with enti exienhionn fernuni with. orifices for the )manage of fruta-now' mmm, the ninin porlion of' mid pinch hmin, :in alp-- wnrilly (ieflvi'terl und orilimd whim! giortion, um] :L rconnoeting bolt :wssoeiniwfl with :mill upwardly lefievtmi portion wi wih lhi: .szllhlle block and smhlle pieno, of Hw running hoard, substantially as :eet forth,

Signed at Chicago, lllinoifa. his Bini.;

of March, i916.

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